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Alberto Rios

Author of The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body

23+ Works 311 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Alberto Riós, Alberto Ríos, Alberto Rios, Alberto Alvaro Rfos, Alberto Ríos, Alberto Alvaro Rios, Alberto Alvaro Ríos, Alberto Álvaro Ríos, Alberto Alvaro Ríos

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Works by Alberto Rios

The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body (2002) 65 copies, 1 review

The Theater of Night (2006) 31 copies

Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir (1999) 29 copies

Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses: Poems (1990) 27 copies

A Small Story about the Sky (2015) 24 copies

The Iguana Killer: Twelve Stories of the Heart (1984) 23 copies

Pig Cookies (1995) 23 copies

The Dangerous Shirt (2009) 19 copies

The Lime Orchard Woman: Poems (1988) 15 copies

Whispering to Fool the Wind: Poems (1982) 14 copies

Not Go Away Is My Name (2020) 9 copies, 1 review

The Curtain of Trees: Stories (1999) 8 copies

Five indiscretions : a book of poems (1985) 8 copies

A Good Map of All Things: A Picaresque Novel (Camino del Sol) (2020) 4 copies

Ploughshares Spring 1992 : West Real (1992) 2 copies

Sleeping on Fists (1981) 2 copies

Elk heads on the wall 2 copies

Running on Empty (2006) 1 copy

Traveling the Distance 1 copy

The Warrington poems (1989) 1 copy

Incident at Imuris (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy

Every Sound Is Not a Wolf 1 copy

“Refugio’s Hair” 1 copy

Associated Works

The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,326 copies, 9 reviews

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 958 copies, 7 reviews

Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (2003) — Contributor — 800 copies, 10 reviews

The Best American Poetry 1999 (1999) — Contributor — 215 copies

The Best American Poetry 1996 (1996) — Contributor — 176 copies, 1 review

From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 174 copies

American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contributor — 170 copies, 2 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2008 (2008) — Contributor — 139 copies, 4 reviews

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World (2024) — Contributor — 116 copies, 3 reviews

Braided Lives: An Anthology of Multicultural American Writing (1991) — Contributor — 90 copies

Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience (2019) — Contributor — 74 copies

Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (2010) — Contributor — 71 copies, 15 reviews

The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (2010) — Contributor — 61 copies

The Ecopoetry Anthology (2013) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review

Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 51 copies

Muy Macho (1996) — Contributor — 48 copies

Cuentos Chicanos: A Short Story Anthology (1984) — Contributor — 30 copies

60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review

The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Contributor — 19 copies

Mirrors Beneath the Earth: Short Fiction by Chicano Writers (1995) — Contributor — 18 copies

Without Discovery: A Native Response to Columbus (Turning Point Series) (1992) — Contributor — 16 copies

Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology (LOA #382) (Library of America, 382) (2024) — Contributor — 14 copies

Bodies Built for Game: The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing (2019) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1952
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Nogales, Arizona, USA
Occupations: poet
Organizations: Arizona State University
Awards and honors: Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (2002)

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Reviews

Not Go Away Is My Name by Alberto Ríos

Not Go Away Is My Name is a collection of euphoric almost pendantic mannerisms without obfuscation- it’s prose is numinous and cool, with a catchy Latin(x) feel that makes it’s writings appear that much more lucent and demur. Alberto Ríos has a penchant for the river song, for the ancestral storytelling that makes his poetry more of an aria.

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Sri-Hari-Palacio-MEd | Dec 21, 2024 |

The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body by Alberto Ríos

Delighted with this find. I've read "Kid Hielero" to several captive audiences and will not think of watermelon in the same way again.

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Awards

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National Book Award

The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body (Finalist – Poetry – 2002)

The Theater of Night (Winner – 2007)

Walt Whitman Award

Whispering to Fool the Wind: Poems (1981)

Western States Book Award

The Iguana Killer: Twelve Stories of the Heart (Fiction – 1984)

Statistics

Works: 23
Also by: 23
Members: 311
Popularity: #75,820
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 30

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